Device for retaining cord-like objects, preferably flexible electrical cords and the like

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder device for electrical cords or flexible leads, especially in rooms for dwelling and working. The device comprises a plate (1) provided with at least one flange (2) projecting therefrom, with a coating of self-adhesive material (4) applied to the plate on the same side as the flange and downwards thereof. The holder device is intended for mounting on skirting (6) so that the flange (2) constitutes guidance and location means while applying and attaching the plate to the skirting by means of the self-adhesive coating. The portion of the plate upstanding from the flange is intended, together with the opposing wall surface (7) and the upper edge of the skirting, to form a trough-like section for laying a cord (11) and/or retaining the appropriate cord portion.

I claim: 
     
       1. A device for retaining elongated flexible objects, such as electric cords along a skirting board fixed along a wall in a room, said device comprising: a plate;   at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts;   means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board;   means including the second said part of the plate for supporting the cord along the skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped cord receiving zone between said second part and an opposing portion of the wall, said flange aligning the device in relation to an edge surface of the skirting board, said first part of the plate being provided with a self-adhesive material on the same side of the plate as the flange, and up to the flange, for said attaching to said skirting board.   
     
     
       2. Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part of the plate is substantially flat, for forming a surface substantially parallel to said opposed wall portion. 
     
     
       3. Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part of the plate comprises two limbs spaced by a cut-out for accommodating a cord. 
     
     
       4. Device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the limbs are provided at their extremities with portions projecting towards each other so that the cut-out is narrowed in the vicinity of these projecting portions. 
     
     
       5. Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part has an upper free portion with an outwardly curving shape to form a wider troughlike zone in conjunction with said opposing wall portion. 
     
     
       6. Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part has an upper free portion bent inward towards said opposing wall portion. 
     
     
       7. Device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second part is formed with at least three limbs for entrapping a said cord. 
     
     
       8. Device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the middle limb is somewhat longer than the remaining ones for facilitating the insertion of the appropriate portions of a cord. 
     
     
       9. A device for retaining elongated flexible objects, such as electric cords along a skirting board fixed along a wall in a room, said device comprising: a plate;   at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts;   means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board;   means including the second said part of the plate for supporting the cord along the skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped cord receiving zone between said second part and an opposing portion of the wall, said flange aligning the device in relation to an edge surface of the skirting board, said second part being formed with at least three limbs for entrapping a said cord, said plate having an extension forming said second part and including the three limbs, and being provided in its middle portion with two separate said flanges, one at either end.   
     
     
       10. A device for retaining elongated flexible objects, such as electric cords along a skirting board fixed along a wall in a room, said device comprising: a plate;   at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts;   means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board;   means including the second said part of the plate for supporting the cord along the skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped cord receiving zone between said second part and an opposing portion of the wall, said flange aligning the device in relation to an edge surface of the skirting board, said second part being formed by at least three limbs laterally spaced apart for intertwined entrapping the associated cord, upper portions of both outer ones of said limbs being joined to each other by an upper yoke for locking coaction with an intermediate said limb for locking retention of a cord portion.   
     
     
       11. Device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said yoke forms an angle with the plane of its supporting limbs, an upper portion of the intermediate limb similarly forming an angle to the plane of the limbs but is oriented in the opposite direction to and away from the yoke, whereby the yoke and the angled upper portion of the middle limb coact to form a locking portion for an entrapped cord portion intertwining through the spaces between the limbs. 
     
     
       12. Device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the limbs are made from a resilient material. 
     
     
       13. A device for retaining elongated flexible objects, such as electric cords along a skirting board fixed along a wall in a room, said device comprising: a plate;   at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts;   means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board;   means including the second said part of the plate for supporting the cord along the skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped cord receiving zone between said second part and an opposing portion of the wall, said flange aligning the device in relation to an edge surface of the skirting board, said second part being formed with at least three limbs for entrapping a said cord, the device being made of a steel plate material, wherein material portions extend between the limbs and constitute parts being out from the plane of the device to form a flange.   
     
     
       14. A device for retaining elongated flexible objects, such as electric cords along a skirting board fixed along a wall in a room, said device comprising: a plate;   at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts;   means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board;   means including the second said part of the plate for supporting the cord along the skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped cord receiving zone between said second part and an opposing portion of the wall, said flange aligning the device in relation to an edge surface of the skirting board, said second part being formed with at least three limbs for entrapping a said cord, intermediate portions of said three limbs being spaced sideways from each other along the top edge of said first part of said plate for interweaving of the cord thereamong, said limbs being resiliently bendable, the intermediate portion of said limbs normally being substantially in the same plane with said first part and extending fixedly upward from said first part, upper ends of said limbs being bent out of said plane with the bent upper end of the middle limb extending generally in opposite direction away from the bent upper ends of the two end limbs to help guide a cord to be inserted downward into interwoven relation with the intermediate portions of said limbs, the bent upper end of at least one said limb being wider than the intermediate portion of said one limb so as to extend generally toward the next limb and at least partly close the top of the space separating the intermediate portions of said one and next limbs.   
     
     
       15. Apparatus comprising in combination: a skirting board fixed along the wall of a room;   an elongate flexible cord to be carried along an edge of said skirting board;   devices spaced along said cord and skirting board for retaining said cord against said skirting board, a said device comprising a plate, at least one flange projecting from said plate and dividing the plate into two parts, means including a first said part of the plate for attaching the plate to the skirting board such that the first part and flange face the side and edge of the skirting board, means including the second said part of the plate being for supporting the cord in extended condition along said skirting board and comprising a channel-shaped zone between said second part and an opposing portion of said wall, said zone being floored by said flange and skirting board edge, said flange aligning said device in relation to said edge of said skirting board, the width of said device measured along said cord and skirting board being relatively small for spacing apart plural ones of said devices along said skirting board to maintain alignment of said cord along said skirting board, said second part comprising at least three limbs for entrapping the cord, intermediate portions of said three limbs being spaced sideways from each other along the top edge of said first part for interweaving of said cord through the spaces therebetween, said limbs being resiliently bendable to facilitate said interweaving of said cord thereamong, the intermediate portions of said limbs normally being substantially in the same plane with said first part and extending fixedly upward from said first part and together occupying substantially the same width along said skirting board as said first part, the upper ends of said limbs being bent out of said plane with the bent upper end of the middle limb extending generally away from the bent upper ends of the two end limbs to help guide a cord to be inserted downward into interwoven relation with the intermediate portions of said three limbs, the bent upper end of at least one said limb being wider than the intermediate portion of said one limb so as to extend generally toward the next limb and at least partly close the top of the space separating the intermediate portions of said one and next limbs to releasably lock in the interwoven cord.